Joshua 22:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.”
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“Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord,”
King James Version · Public Domain“Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of Jehovah,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Is the iniquity of Peor little to us, from which we have not been cleansed till this day--and the plague is in the company of Jehovah,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 22:17 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 25:1While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
- Numbers 25:3So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.
- Numbers 25:5So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”
- Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
- Ezra 9:13After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),
- Psalms 106:28They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
- 1 Corinthians 10:8We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
- 1 Corinthians 10:11Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).